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A-Z Faculty

Below is a list of all Center for Circadian & Sleep Medicine members. View individual profiles of our faculty members — with publication and contact information, research and clinical specialties and more — via the links below.

Paller, Ken

Paller, Ken

Professor, Department of Psychology

Description of Interests

Human memory, perception, and cognition; biological bases of mental phenomena; cognitive neuroscience.

Penedo, Frank J

Penedo, Frank J

Adjunct Professor of Medical Social Sciences

Bio

Dr. Frank J. Penedo is the Director of Survivorship and of the Cancer Survivorship Institute of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCC). He also serves as Program Leader of the Cancer Co... [more]

Reid, Kathryn Jean

Reid, Kathryn Jean

Research Professor of Neurology (Sleep Medicine)

Bio

Dr Reid's research interests are aimed at gaining a greater understanding of the relationship between the sleep and circadian systems with health and safety. Current research areas include, understand... [more]

Sheldon, Stephen H

Sheldon, Stephen H

Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics (Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine)

Bio

Pediatric Sleep Medicine including but not limited to Pediatric Sleep-disordered breathing, Obstructive sleep disordered breathing in children, Central sleep disordered breathing in children, Non-inva... [more]

Shimomura, Kazuhiro

Shimomura, Kazuhiro

Research Assistant Professor of Neurology (Sleep Medicine)

Simuni, Tanya

Simuni, Tanya

Professor of Neurology (Movement Disorders)

Bio

Dr Simuni joined the faculty of the Northwestern University Feinberg school of Medicine in 2000 to build and lead a multidisciplinary movement disorders center that is recognized by the National Parki... [more]

Turek, Fred

Turek, Fred

Professor of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Neurology - Ken and Ruth Davee Department and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Bio

Research in the Turek laboratory is focused on the study of sleep and circadian rhythms, with special interest in identifying genes that regulate sleep and circadian rhythms. Ongoing work on sleep and... [more]

Weese-Mayer, Debra

Weese-Mayer, Debra

Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care)

Bio

Debra E. Weese-Mayer, M.D. is the Beatrice Cummings Mayer Professor in Pediatric Autonomic Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Chief of the first Center for Autonomic M... [more]

Weintraub, Sandra

Weintraub, Sandra

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Psychology), Neurology - Ken and Ruth Davee Department and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Bio

Alzheimer's disease, Memory disorders, Neuropsychology, Early Onset Dementia, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Frontotemporal Dementia, Superaging. The ability to use language can be progressively disrupt... [more]

Wolfe, Lisa F

Wolfe, Lisa F

Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care) and Neurology - Ken and Ruth Davee Department

Bio

Studying devices for ventilatory support used in home based settings. This is most relevant to those with neuromuscular disorders and sleep related breathing disorders.